The world's best footballers visualised as a periodic table

In December the Guardian published their list of the world's best footballers.
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On a Sixpence has created a visualisation in the framework of a periodic table to show every player in order of the top 100 ranking
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The Guardian's list of the world's best footballers visualised as a periodic table. Click on the image for a full-size version Guardian

The Guardian's choice of the world's top 100 footballers was revealed in December last year with Lionel Messi topping the list at No1. We asked you what you could do with the data and here is what one user has created.Johnny Joannou from On a Sixpence has used the framework of a periodic table to show every player in order of the Guardian's top 100 ranking, grouped according to their position. He has also added each players international appearances and goals. Click on the image above to see a full-size version.